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yoshichika takagi

deformed roofs . furano

yoshichika takagi . deformed roofs . furano afasia (1)

yoshichika takagi + associates . photos: © ikuya sasaki

This plan is to renovate a house, built in 1974, into a two-family house. Its’ current figure is a result of going through extensions and reconstructions twice. Housings such as these which are called “Deformed Roof” houses, can be seen often in Hokkaido, but is difficult to call them beautiful, and cannot be seen out of Hokkaido. It could be said as a vernacular and anonymous kind of design. Continue reading yoshichika takagi

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yoshichika takagi + sekkei-sha

House I . Akita

source: courtesy of Yoshichika Takagi . photos: Toshiyuki Yano

This is a small residential house in Akita Prefecture.

The site is in the centre of Akita City where urban functions are situated. Despite its urban location, this is a special place as it is surrounded by car parks. Considering that the space is exposed to public eyes in all four directions, it is essential to sustain the elements of privacy, but at the same time, our aim is to drop frontality from its façade. Continue reading yoshichika takagi + sekkei-sha